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Apr 17, 1907 Simo, Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland, Finland Died on 19 Jan 2002 (aged 94)
Finnish politician
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About Martti Miettunen
- Martti Juhani Miettunen (17 April 1907 – 19 January 2002), was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's prime minister, from 1961 to 1962 and again from 1975 to 1977.Miettunen was born in Simo, the son of a smallholder.
- He studied agriculture, and worked as a farmer and an agricultural advisor before entering politics.
- He served in Parliament as a representative for the Agrarian Party from 1945 to 1958, and then served as Governor of the Province of Lapland from 1958 to 1973.
- He was awarded the honorary title of Counsellor of State in 1977.He died at the age of 94 in the Kauniainen military hospital near Helsinki in early 2002.Miettunen served as a cabinet minister for 4,300 days, the eighth-longest period of service in Finnish political history.
- He was also known as President Urho Kekkonen's right-hand man.
